When Mike Bowen ran through Constitution Gardens and down to Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, he completed his goal of running 58,282 miles — one mile for each name on the wall.

And that is where I will begin my personal photography project, Warriors at the Wall.

In today’s episode, I practice what I preach. We will talk about how you can create a personal photo project, but it won't be just theory. I will use the framework to create on a photo project for myself.

Create your photo project, too. Let's build them together.

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What is a photo project?

Ongoing

Thematic

Expresses your other interests

Why bother?

To improve

To stretch

To share

To build something

To find yourself

Why now?

Pixels are cheap

Publishing is accessible

Creating brings fulfillment

Define your photo project idea

Subject area

What are you passionate about?

What can you overlap with photography?

What can you sustain over the long term?

Does it fit with your skill set or your goals?

Narrow it to a story?

Still room to play?

My journey

I am passionate about military veterans

Portraits of veterans have been an interest in the past

Definitely have the passion for telling their stories

Portraits and writing stories are my skill set and interest

Yes, tell each story individually and maybe an overarching story develops